John Syer

John Syer (1815–1885) was an English painter. He painted landscape in a style formed chiefly upon that of William Muller, but failed as a colourist.

Grave of John Syer in Highgate Cemetery

Neath Abbey by John Syer

He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and with the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, as well as the British Artists, between 1832 and 1875.

He died in July, 1885 and was buried in a family grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1889). "Syer, John". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• 44 artworks by or after John Syer at the Art UK site